I'mmmmm Baaaaaaaaackk!

It's been so long since I posted, I had to go back and see what the last thing was that I wrote!  January has gone by fast, but nothing really exciting happened.  How does that work?!  This past week, Evie had a pretty bad cough and a double ear infection.  Poor thing!  But aside from the nasty cough and a little clingyness, she was her same old cheerful self.  That little stinker!  Although, it sucks trying to manage getting my hours in at work, it was nice to be home with the kids.  On Wednesday we just hung around the house and played.  Jack painted and colored, we played games, and napped.  It was pretty awesome!  Here's some pictures:

Notice Evie's cool new boots?  I've been eyeing these at Target for a long time, and finally took the plunge and bought them.

Such a trooper!

Getting ready to paint.

Whatya doin' Jack?

On Friday, we did a whole lot of nothing, except get ready to go to Mawmaw and Papaw's house.  But look what Evie found........

She just reach up onto the table and stole Jack's pizza, then proceeded to eat it like she was a big girl or something!

Sweet Baby Girl

Now, you all know I love my kids the same, but there is something about a little girl.  You know what I mean!  I don't know what it is about all the pink, and dolls, and hair bows, but it makes me all squishy inside.  Evie got a baby doll and stroller for Christmas from her Nonna and Papa and she absolutely loves it.  She's almost walking now, but she can practically run when she's using this thing! 

She also loves giving her babies open mouthed kisses.  It's so cute, but I havent' been able to get a picture of it yet.  Damn sucky camera!  This next picture makes me laugh:

It looks like she's trying to watch her show and everyone is talking. 

"Can everyone keep it down!"

And you know you can't resist it, I know I can't............naked baby pictures!

Oh yeah, I just realized something.  In almost all our pictures, our house looks a complete mess.  That's because the cleaning lady didn't come to our house that week, she called in sick with the flu.

SYKE!

That's just the way it goes.  We try, but it is usually that messy.  Oh well, just a little humor for the day!  Keep on truckin'!

I JACK TRAVIS!

One of Jack's latest "things" is whenever call him a silly name, like, sometimes I tell him 'You know what I mean, Jelly Bean.', he will say 'I not Jelly Bean, I Jack.'  It's pretty amusing.  When he gets really worked up (hyper, not mad), he starts yelling I JACK TRAVIS!  Mostly it's when there's people around, so I get the sneaking suspiscion that he showing off!  This is what I JACK TRAVIS!  looks like

See that box he's standing on, this is his latest obsession.  Everyone always say, kids don't need toys they just need a box.  Well it's true.  I reorganized the toy room and got rid of some stuff, so I had an empty box.  It has turned into Jack's favorite new toy!  He puts all his cars in it, turns it over and beats on it like a drum, but most importantly he calls it his new bed.  He will get a pillow and blanket and make fake snoring sounds and pretend like he's sleeping.  It's hilarious!  We let him crash out it in one night for our own humor.  Don't worry, we put him in an actual bed later!

I think he partied a little too hard that night!

The End!

Happy New Year!

Just wanted to send a shout out........HOLLA!...............to my friend Janel.  Thank you for encouraging my creativity with your gentle nagging by saying "Miranda, it's been a while since you updated your bloooogggg"  So here I am writing a post!  Christmas was awesome for us.  Minus a few mandatory bickering episodes it was very, dare I say, relaxing.  I was on call this Christmas, so we got to be home for Christmas morning.  I only got called in once on the day after Christmas, so it really wasn't that bad.  My family came to visit on the 26th and despite my house seeming like it shrunk overnight, we had a really nice little Christmas party.  And now, what you've all been waiting for................................

I am telling you, this kid loves CHOCOLATE! 

He didn't even care about his presents when he saw the M & M's.

And now for some presents...

Me and Evie.  She was hungry.

We had a pretty lazy day just hanging around the house.........

Exploring

Making shifty eyes

And relaxing, wait, is Jack throwing a fit?!  Well, hanging out on the couch.

More pictures and stories to come!

Oh yeah, and we got to eat Chinese Take Out on Christmas day! 

Everyone in America should try this, it's awesome.